Table tennis player Stephanie Chan wins Canada’s first medal at Parapan Am Games

SANTIAGO, Chile — Vancouver table tennis player Stephanie Chan won Canada’s first medal at the Parapan American Games on Saturday.

Chan, Canada’s oldest athlete in Santiago at 66, clinched a bronze medal when she lost her S6-7 combined class semifinal match to Giselle Munoz of Spain 11-1, 11-4, 11-3 on the official first day of competition.

Munoz will meet Claudia Perez of Mexico in the gold-medal match.

Chan, who is scheduled to undergo heart surgery when she returns to Canada, is now a six-time medallist at the Parapan Am Games, including one gold, two silver, and three bronze.